gangsterism

noun

Definition of gangsterismnext
as in racketeering

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  1. hooliganism
  2. criminality
  3. malfeasance
  4. crime
Noun
  • That charge came months after his conviction on unrelated charges of violating Russia’s religious liberty and hooliganism laws connected to the burning of a copy of the Quran.
    Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The Den was notorious, closed a record five times by the Football Association because of hooliganism before the gates were padlocked permanently in 1993 ahead of the switch to Senegal Fields, so named because a street of houses called Senegal Road had once stood there.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
Definition of hooliganism
Noun
  • Much of the reason for this can be traced back to the dark web and the underground criminal marketplaces that trade within it, where all the tools required to open up this type of criminality are laid bare for anyone with the cryptocurrency to purchase it.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • And an already weary donor community sees risks in the growing militancy and criminality in the camps.
    Nasir Uddin, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of criminality
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  • Luckily for anyone still Christmas shopping, however, the court has continued pressing Giuliani for his assets, which are expected to be sold at auction to pay for a portion of the damages owed to the plaintiffs, whom Giuliani libelled with false claims of election malfeasance.
    Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • With one party controlling every office, including the office charged with investigating and prosecuting government malfeasance, negative consequences will almost certainly follow.
    Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of malfeasance
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  • Vertical’s Jude Law 1970s crime thriller, The Order, is doing around $1M this weekend at 603 theaters with Briarcliff Entertainment’s Frank Grillo Werewolves seeing $1.2M at 1,351 sites.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The potent image-making and performative ferocity turns what could have been a crime thriller into a near-metaphysical showdown.
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of crime
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